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Has anyone actually ordered from BoilerJuice or FuelFighter?
Getting quotes over the phone from local oil suppliers can be a pain, whereas with BJ at least you can see the price on the web site and can place your order there and then. Got to be convenient,...
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OT: what is happening in Europe electricity wise...??
We seem to have swapped from importing ~3GW of European electricity to exporting similar, this morning. Gas an coal have been ramped up to compensate..but why? Normally France has loads of nuky power...
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Wardrobe 1-2mm too thick
Even after removing skirting, my Ikea wardrobe is about a mm too thick for the space. It's going in there by hook or by crook. I've sanded the plaster as much as I can, and I can't do any more. I...
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Calculating the heat output of a central heating radiator
Does anyone know a simple formula for calculating the heat output (in BTU/h or W/h) of a bog-standard central heating radiator (based on the area of its heating panel(s)? Many thanks, Al
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Stupid, stupid, stupid! Left garden hose on...
Came back at least two hours later to find I'd forgotten to turn off the garden hose after watering the plants, then going shopping. It was only on at a moderate flow -- more than a trickle, but...
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Floorboard treatment
Our kitchen floor is plain pine boards and is in need of refinishing. Parts are down to the bare wood. What's a good hard-wearing varnish for this? I've no idea what the current finish is as it was...
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Cooker switch & socket, arranged vertically?
I'm looking for a cooker switch (in white) with integral switched socket, but arranged vertically rather than horizontally: portrait rather than landscape. In other words, like this: with a socket....
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Building regs...this cant be right can it??
Having and extension built roof has dormers in it. I want it well insulated. Building inspector says there must be a gap between the tri iso 10 and the plasterboard on the sloping parts of the...
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Cleaning pewter
I have 2 pewter tankards dated 1877. They are quite seriously tarnished. Should I clean them? If so what with? They are trophies for sports, lidded and with glass bottoms. Made by James Dixon & Sons....
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Depth for fence post issue.
Putting in 2 fence posts, one should be ok, the other is next to the house. I have managed to dig down about a foot and appear to have hit concrete, its about 6 inches out from the house wall so could...
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Car opened.
A number of older Citreons suffer from this universal unlocking syndrome. Its either a dodgy contact or crimp connector on those, but I'd have though VW used better parts. Its that old single point of...
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Winches
He has been complaining about my boat trailer in his path, so my son cut down some trees and we parked the 4-LandRoverWheel trailer alongside his shed. We used the Disco, but had to use a ratchet...
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Binding disk brake, 150 miles after MOT :(
Had my Vauxhall Zafira serviced and MOTed about 6 weeks ago. I don't do many miles in it, only 150 since then in fact. At the weekend I was on the motorway when I noticed a whistling sound from the...
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Plumbing with lead solder
I moved some stuff about in the bathroom last weekend and used solder ring joints for the plumbing, adding a bit of solder to each joint. I have a roll of fat, cumbersome solder I normally use so...
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Ow ! Bloody OW !!!
At least three people have died from the fall. They suffered heart attacks while bungee jumping. Colin Bignell
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